"Literacy Foundations for English Learners" with Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan—March 3

In this important webinar, Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan will provide evidence-based practices for the successful development of literacy among English learners. She will demonstrate effective instruction that builds upon first-language and literacy knowledge for the development of second-language literacy. Participants will learn how to address cross-linguistic features in every lesson and thus implement an asset-based approach to instruction. 

Author of Literacy Foundations for English Learners: A Comprehensive Guide to Evidence-Based Instruction (2020), Dr. Cárdenas-Hagan is a bilingual speech-language pathologist and a certified academic language therapist who is an international expert on the language and literacy needs of English learners. She is president of the Valley Speech Language and Learning Center in Brownsville, TX, and a research associate at the University of Houston.

She serves as  chairperson of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities and is a past vice chair of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA). She was honored with the IDA's Margaret Byrd Rawson Lifetime Achievement Award and the Luke Waites Award of Service by the Academic Language Therapy Association.

This webinar, March 3, 5:00-6:00 pm, will be part of the Dyslexia Summit at UMN. Save the date! Stay tuned for registration details.

Co-sponsored by: Higher Education Literacy Partnership and The Reading League Minnesota.